General History Articles
From time to time members of the Southam Heritage Collection and others write short articles covering aspects of history from Southam’s past. These articles may be longer and contain more photos than the monthly Cardall’s Corner articles published in the District Advertiser which makes them unsuitable for publishing there. They may also contain audio or video items which again make them unsuitable for printing in the Advertiser. We will publish these articles in this section so that they are accessible to everybody.
We would also like to encourage anyone, whether members of the Southam Heritage Collection or not, who would like to contribute similar articles to contact us with their ideas which we would be very happy to consider for inclusion on this page.
Southam Parish: Charter, Foundation and Beating the Bounds
Southam town’s Charter was established in 998 AD and is of great significance as it provided a clearly defined map of its borders with its contiguous ...
Jurassic and a Grandfather Killed in WW1
LINCOLNSHIRE COAST LIGHT RAILWAY HISTORIC VEHICLES TRUST Registered Charity No. 514443 ON THE TRACKS OF A GRANDFATHER KILLED IN WORLD WAR ONE A [...]
Southam’s Royal Grandson – Captain Locock
While reading my daily newspaper one morning, my attention was drawn to one rather unusual story. An application had been lodged by Nick Locock with [...]
Southam Airfield
With the outbreak of the Second World War, there was a huge increase in the number of personnel joining the Royal Air Force and [...]
Southam Cement Industry – a brief history
For over a thousand years Southam has existed as a cross roads market town which can be exited in eight directions. Two made up [...]
Jurassic – A surviving quarry engine
Nelson’s Locomotives The advent of mechanisation at the lime and cement works around Southam, was perhaps signalled by the first three Peckett & Sons [...]
Southam Theatre 1822
Shakespeare on Tour - Macbeth in Southam, 22 November 1822 There was some excitement around Southam Heritage Collection when we were asked to contribute [...]
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire – March 22nd 2016 – Part 1
Below you can listen to an edited version of a short interview with Bernard Cadogan during the BBC Coventry and Warwickshire "Trish and Jo at [...]
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire – March 22nd 2016 – Part 2
Below you can listen to an edited version of a short interview with Val Brodie during the BBC Coventry and Warwickshire "Vic Minett" programme on [...]
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire – March 22nd 2016 – Part 3
Below you can listen to an edited version of a short interview with Linda Doyle during the BBC Coventry and Warwickshire "Brody Swain" programme on March 22nd. [...]
Stage Coaches
Southam in the coaching era Before the arrival of the railway, Britain had the fastest and most efficient form of public overland transport the [...]
Fred Abel
Fred Abel – One of life’s characters Camping at the road side Over several summers, I had seen [...]
Southam Cinema
Southam Cinema In the early years of the twentieth century and for many years before that, the old Southam Court House in Oxford Street [...]
Southam Windmill
Southam Windmill In Medieval times and for many centuries since, the miller was a valued and greatly respected member of the feudal society. He [...]